Printer sharing problem

[Michael Sweet]

Craig Fulton wrote:
> ...
> The permissions for the directory /private/var/spool/cups/cache/rss are incorrect!
> They are drwxrwxr-x, but should be drwxr-xr-x
> Repaired.
> The file /usr/share/cups/charsets/iso-8859-1 is missing!
> The file /usr/share/cups/charsets/iso-8859-2 is missing!
> ...
> The file /usr/share/cups/charsets/windows-1258 is missing!

The charsets files are not used on Mac OS X (which is why they have
been removed in later Mac OS X releases).  Similarly, the permission
change is necessary to support RSS subscriptions and was made in a
later software update.  Unfortunately, the "repair permissions" tool
in Disk Utility only uses the original installation information to
verify things...

That said, this is *not* a CUPS software issue on your Mac, so don't
try to install any CUPS files there.  Instead, look at the
/var/log/cups/access_log file (open the Console utility and click on
"Show Log Files") - you should see the Windows system accessing the
Mac when you add the printer.  If you don't, verify that the Vista
firewall is allowing the traffic to your Mac.

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Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com